I came to understand that I’m never going to be the perfect mother, but I’m going to do the best I can. Same goes for everything in my life.
SHAKIRA
SHAKIRA
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I admire a person who, for the love of art, is able to take off their clothes in front of a camera. But I’m not capable, I’m too cowardly for that.
ShakiraShakira So I like the work he’s doing, and I support it, and I realise that he’s one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
ShakiraShakira In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.
ShakiraShakira My therapist taught me why I behave in certain ways and not to feel so pressured.
ShakiraShakira I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That’s my fatal, absurd nature. Human beings are slaves to our dreams, and I am, too. Now I think I just want to share my musical proposal in its entire form.
ShakiraShakira I always knew that I was tremendously creative. I recited love poems, I wrote stories and I got excellent grades in every subject, except for maths.
ShakiraShakira I’m a closet nerd. I love to study history and visit museums.
ShakiraShakira Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old when I won a music contest; I was performing at birthday parties, company meetings.
ShakiraShakira I adore my dad. He’s a 78-year-old man and my inspiration.
ShakiraShakira My team and I have reunited two elements that coexist with difficulty: respect and affection, because when they love you they don’t respect you and when they respect you they don’t love you.
ShakiraShakira Brazil is a country I hold very dearly. I’ve got followers there who I’ve been interacting with for years, as well as fellow artists like Ivete Sangalo, and it also has huge figures like Pele.
ShakiraShakira I can take the spotlight that shines on me and shift it towards those issues that are infinitely more important than my own issues.
ShakiraShakira My body feels like it is asking to reproduce.
ShakiraShakira I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.
ShakiraShakira My brain, I believe, is the most beautiful part of my body.
ShakiraShakira What happens is once you start to understand football, you realise that it’s not just about the physical side of the game and chasing after a ball. It’s a strategic sport which requires a lot of intelligence. It’s a very mental game.
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